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Closeup of Too Faced Natural at Night shadows

Too Faced Natural at Night eyeshadow palette

Too Faced’s Natural at Night palette (Sephora, $36) features nine eyeshadows that are on the glam side of neutral. They’re all in the brown family, but unlike a lot of ... Read the full article →

Cargo’s Egypt Eyeshadow 5-palette

I picked up the Cargo 5-palette eyeshadow in Egypt not long ago on Hautelook, and they’re on sale now. This is a stunning combination of blue, green and copper that ... Read the full article →

Tarte’s Amazonian Clay Bronzer in Park Avenue Princess

Tarte’s Amazonian clay bronzer in Park Avenue Princess (available at Sephora or Tarte) is a pearlized golden tan bronzer. While it’s certainly not matte, nor does anything about the finish ... Read the full article →

Sigma Brushes review, part 2 (E series)

I reviewed a number of Sigma face brushes yesterday, and you can read that review at the link. It also goes into more detail about Sigma and the brushes, but ... Read the full article →

The F80, Sigma's flat-top kabuki brush with Sigmax duo-fibers

Sigma Brushes review, part 1 (F series)

I bought a collection of Sigma brushes a couple of months ago, and that gave me the chance to get a sense both of quite a few individual brushes and ... Read the full article →

Book of Shadows with drawer open to show products

Urban Decay Book of Shadows IV

At its initial price of $64, Urban Decay’s Book of Shadows IV may have seemed overpriced compared to some of their other palettes, especially if you had a chance to ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the I'm Getting Sunburned shadows

Wet N Wild I’m Getting Sunburned eyeshadow palette

The Wet N Wild I’m Getting Sunburned palette ($2.99 at Walgreens and Amazon and many drugstores) is a trio of bold, bright, high shimmer colors. Like the rest of the ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the colors in the Knock on Wood palette

Wet N Wild Knock on Wood Eyeshadow Palette

The Wet N Wild Knock on Wood eyeshadow palette ($2.99 at Walgreens and Amazon and many drugstores) is a collection of three eyeshadow shades designed to work together. Wet N ... Read the full article →

Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip eyeshadow palette in Nude

The Physicians Formula Shimmer Strip eyeshadow palette in Nude (around $10 at Rite-Aid, Walgreens and others – I haven’t found it online yet) is a collection of nine shimmery eyeshadows ... Read the full article →

Wet N Wild Comfort Zone Eyeshadow Palette

The Wet N Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow palette in Comfort Zone is a collection of eight roughly earth toned shadows (more on this in a minute). The formula Wet N ... Read the full article →

Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow palette in Inspired

If you read my review of the Revlon Colorstay Precocious palette yesterday, you’d better hold onto your socks: the Inspired palette just blows it out of the water (available at ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the colors in the Precocious quad

Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow palette in Precocious

I’ve been curious about the new Revlon re-done Coloystay eyeshadow quads, but I wasn’t sure what quality to expect. Revlon’s old Colorstay quads had been okay – decent pigmentation and ... Read the full article →

Hedy’s Ma.nish.ma eyeshadow mini-palette in Santa Fe

Like the Hedy’s Ma.nish.ma Tahoe palette, their Santa Fe palette is highly pigmented, blendable and velvety in texture. Since Tahoe was so strikingly reminiscent of the coolest colors in Urban ... Read the full article →

Hedy’s Ma.nish.ma eyeshadow mini-palette in Tahoe

I’d never heard of Ma.nish.ma before, but when I saw some adorable little eyeshadow palettes at Rite-Aid the other day for $3.99 each, I picked up a couple. The first ... Read the full article →

My collection of 6 Maybelline Color Tattoo shades

Maybelline Color Tattoo Cream Eyeshadows

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24-Hour Cream Eyeshadows really do live up to the hype. I was going to review them separately, but it turns out all the shades I purchased perform ... Read the full article →

Closeup of the eyeshadows and eyeliner within the palette

Kat Von D’s Mi Vida Loca Eyeshadow Palette

Kat Von D’s new True Romance eyeshadow palette, “Mi Vida Loca” ($34 at Sephora), features a bright rainbow of eight shadows that look intimidating, but are much more wearable than ... Read the full article →

Mary-Lou Manizer by TheBalm

Mary-Lou Manizer from TheBalm ($24 at Sephora) is a shimmery champagne highlighter powder. When I first looked at it in the store, I dismissed it as more shimmery than I ... Read the full article →

Smashbox Click You’re It Eyeshadow palette

The Smashbox Click You’re It Holiday Limited Edition Eyeshadow Palette features 15 eyeshadows, 5 cream liners and a sample of Smashbox’s Photo Finish Eyelid Primer in a red reinforced cardboard ... Read the full article →

Maybelline Superstay gloss tube in So Pearly Pink

Maybelline Super Stay 24 Color (in So Pearly Pink)

Maybelline Super Stay 24 Color lip color is extremely similar to Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick, which I already reviewed. It makes the same claim of (up to) 24 hour ... Read the full article →

NYX Bohemian Rhapsody Eyeshadow Palette

Like Champagne & Caviar (or Caviar & Bubbles, whatever it’s calling itself these days), the NYX Bohemian Rhapsody palette from the Runway Collection is another big winner that retails for ... Read the full article →

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